Chair: Dr. Stephan Schug, ZTG Cente for eHealth and Telemedicine and German Society for Telemedicine (DGTelemed)

11:00 – 11:05 hWelcome by the German Society of TelemedicineProf. Dr. Gernot Marx, MD, FRCA, German Society for Telemedicine (DGTelemed) and RW-TH Aachen University Clinic

11:05 – 11:20 hNord Rhine-Westphalia Moving towards Digital HealthcareWelcome Address by Dr. Edmund Heller, Secretary of State, Ministry for Work, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

11:20 – 12:50 hDigital Health Society as guiding principle for Europe

Digital Health Society Declaration by the Estonian Presidency of the EUAin Aaviksoo, Deputy Secretary General for E-Services and Innovation (CIIO), Ministry of Social Affairs - Republic of Estonia, Talinn

Digital Health – Key Element of European Strategies for the FutureDr. Tapani Piha, Head of Unit, Cross Border Healthcare and eHealth, Health and Food Safety Directorate, European Commission

Digital Health in Practice: Interoperability Frameworks and Next StepsErik Gerritsen, Secretary General, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands

Frau Rode-Schubert studierte an den Universitäten in Madrid, Heidelberg, St. Clara CA und St. Gallen. An der Universität St. Gallen erwarb sie den Executive Master of Business Administration in Business Engineering.